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Movers & Shakers: Feb. 7

Sara A. Lindquist has joined NAMI Sioux Falls as executive director in Sioux Falls. Lindquist brings experience as a business owner, with a sales background of more than 20 years. She’s also an autism mom, with

Movers & Shakers: Feb. 7

Sara A. Lindquist has joined NAMI Sioux Falls as executive director in Sioux Falls. Lindquist brings experience as a business owner, with a sales background of more than 20 years. She’s also an autism mom, with more than 14 years of hands-on experience of working through the local, state and federal level systems. She is also a member of Sioux Falls Chamber under the Education/Workforce Committee.

Kim Hefner-Hines, 2018 president of the Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire, earned two national honors through the National Association of Home Builders during the annual NAHB International Builders’ Show. Hefner-Hines received the NAHB Bill Polley Advocate of BUILD-PAC Award and the NAHB Associate of the Year Award. Hefner-Hines is the general manager at Allen Homes, Inc. Locally, she has served on the HBASE board of directors since 1999 and as treasurer from 2001-2004 and 2006-2011. She was inducted into the HBASE’s Housing Hall of Fame in 2013, named HBASE Associate of the Year in 2001 and received the Presidential Award in 2002, 2009 and 2010. She also ranks as the association’s top membership recruiter. She has chaired many committees for SDHBA and was named their Associate of the Year in 2004.

The University of South Dakota School of Law professor Tom Simmons recently attended the Jack and Anita Hess Seminar for Faculty hosted at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The seminar held annually during the first week of January, is designed for college and university faculty who are teaching or preparing to teach Holocaust or Holocaust-related courses.

SBA administrator Linda McMahon has named Daniel Nordberg of Colorado Springs, Colo., the new regional administrator for Region VIII, which covers Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. He will work as an advocate for reducing regulatory burden on small businesses and increasing economic development opportunities in all six region 8 states.

Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2018 Annual Convention re-elected Zippy Duvall of Georgia as president and South Dakota farmer Scott VanderWal as vice president of AFBF for another two-year term. VanderWal is the president of the South Dakota Farm Bureau and a third-generation corn and soybean farmer and cattle feeder from Volga. In addition to cattle feeding and crop production, VanderWal and his family also have a custom harvesting operation. He was first elected AFBF vice president in 2016 and continues to serve as president of SDFB, a position he has held since 2004.

In the next few months, the Dakota Resources board of directors will choose a new president. During this transition, Lin Van Hofwegen will serve as the interim president. Lin also serves as the Dakotas America managing director. The two organizations manage a $225MM portfolio through their Capital Investment Fund and New Markets Tax Credit financed projects. The search follows the retirement of Beth Davis, who served as president of Dakota Resources for nearly 20 years. Davis began her career as the only employee of South Dakota Rural Enterprise, Inc. in 1997. In 2000, she became president, where she helped grow what became Dakota Resources into a $20 MM operation, along with a dedicated staff of 12 people.

HenkinSchultz has hired Kaitlin Brodeur as a content strategist and Kirsten Muhmel as a graphic designer.

•Brodeur is a 2017 graduate of The University of Nebraska – Lincoln, with a bachelor of journalism in advertising. She interned at EmBe in Sioux Falls last summer and brings experience in digital strategy and content creation.

•Muhmel is a 2017 graduate of South Dakota State University, with a bachelor of arts in graphic design and a minor in studio arts. While at SDSU, she worked at the campus graphic design shop and did graphic design internships at the South Dakota Art Museum and a Sioux Falls marketing agency. She brings experience in print layouts, logo designs, branding, packaging and web design.

The following employees have joined MetaBank in Sioux Falls:

•Lynn Pudwill joins Meta as a senior financial analyst.

•Kristen Sandhurst joins as accounting director.

•Lisa Bassing joins as systems analyst in the IT department.

In addition, the following were promoted at MetaBank:

•Jonathan Jackson was promoted to vice president of administration.

•Arnie Martens was promoted to vice president of tax accounting.

•Ryan O’Toole was promoted to analyst II in the financial investigation unit.

The First National Bank in Sioux Falls has promoted the following:

•Chase Hoffman has been promoted to mortgage loan originator at the Western Mall branch. He is an active volunteer with The Banquet and Feeding South Dakota.

•Lane LeBrun has been promoted to ag banker at the Dell Rapids branch. He is a Dell Rapids native and recent South Dakota State University graduate.

Ian Horsted, SVP at R&P Group (Recruiting and Placement Inc.) has earned the Top Producer Award for Fourth Quarter 2017. He has won the last two quarters in 2017 and leads the Sales and Relationship Management Practice for R&P Group. Over the past 11 years, he has become a key partner with his clients in the Sioux Falls-based recruiting firm.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has approved the nomination of Abigail A. Howard of Brookings as the new full-time magistrate judge for the Third Judicial Circuit, which includes the counties of Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Hand, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Moody and Sanborn. The Volga native, began her legal career as an associate attorney at Fite, Pierce & Ronning Law Office in Brookings in 2011. In 2013, she joined the Brookings County States Attorney’s Office as a deputy states attorney and was then elected as state’s attorney in 2016. She has been active in various community and professional organizations, serving as a board member on the Boys & Girls Club of Brookings, the Eastern Plains Sexual Assault Response Team, and is serving as the president of the Young Lawyers Section of the State Bar Association.

Raven Industries has received a U.S. patent for its Hawkeye Nozzle Control System: U.S. Patent No. 9,781,916. The Hawkeye system is a new, innovative methods of applying chemicals to the field, including smart nozzles located on the boom of the sprayer and the communication between those nozzles and the Hawkeye electronic control unit.

Southeast Technical Institute is starting a cohort program for their licensed practical nurse to registered nurse associate’s degree in Huron, in collaboration with Huron Regional Medical Center and the Huron Nursing Task Force. The program will start in the fall of 2018 and requires just one year to complete. To be admitted into the program LPNs must have 750 hours of documented work experience. Students can start as early as January to complete required coursework to start the RN program in the fall of 2018.

Black Hills State University was named to its Military Times Best: Colleges 2018 rankings, formerly known as Best for Vets. This is the sixth year BHSU has been honored as one of the best colleges for veterans by Military Times.

The Pierre Business Improvement District was recognized with a Silver W3 Award for an interactive online advertisement created to bring pheasant hunters to Pierre as part of an advertising co-op with the South Dakota Department of Tourism.

The following have joined Keller Williams Realty Sioux Falls:

•Colorado native, Nancy Reynoza, has lived in Sioux Falls since 1995. She has been in the real estate world since 2005 and volunteers at her church in her free time.

•Caleb Waldner, of Sioux Falls, lived in Minneapolis for 10 years, where he worked at Living Word Christian Center. He now works part-time at New Life Church.

•Newcastle, Neb., native, Chris Chase, now lives in Sioux Falls. He was an agent at Keller Williams in Sioux City, Iowa, for two years and is a member of the Young Professionals Network.

The Clay County Fair & Events Center Fair in Spencer, Iowa, earned first place recognition in four categories, along with six other awards, at the Annual International Association of Fairs and Expositions Convention. The fair competes in Division 3, which is limited to fairs across the globe with an attendance of 250,000-500,000.

•First place honors included “Best Television Ad,” Best Printed Promotional Material,” “Magazine Ad,” and “Best Single Brochure or Flyer.”